tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375512083268389933.post3710797566425624345..comments2023-09-30T10:36:23.154-05:00Comments on Accidental Historian: The 28 Year-Old VirginGedshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15047239425466517786noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375512083268389933.post-11954431958575718572009-06-22T12:41:24.549-05:002009-06-22T12:41:24.549-05:00If it makes you feel any better, I have not one bu...If it makes you feel any better, I have not one but <i>two</i> friends who managed to make it past thirty without getting laid, who both finally "became a man" within the past three years.<br /><br />In those cases, it was indeed social awkwardness rather than being a fundie for twenty-odd years, but still...James Sweethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17212877636980569324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375512083268389933.post-68056625310021521432009-06-18T18:05:01.195-05:002009-06-18T18:05:01.195-05:00Hi, lonespark. Good to see you. Um, you might wa...Hi, lonespark. Good to see you. Um, you might want to consider reading other posts, though. This isn't a common point of discussion...<br /><br />Jesting Fool:<br /><br />Thanks for reminding me that I'm still modeling my life after Jesus. Maybe that's a loophole I can use.<br /><br />Matt:<br /><br />Basically, I've liked history since third grade. When I was figuring out college my plan was just to get a bachelor's and then move on to seminary so I could become a pastor. I chose history because I thought I'd be good at it.<br /><br />By the time I graduated I wasn't ready to leave Christianity, but I had pretty much lost my desire for seminary. I did realize I missed studying history. So I started a blog and "Accidental Historian" seemed catchy.<br /><br />I'd like to get a Masters and Ph.D one of these days, but for the moment I'm doing pretty well as an accidental business analyst...Gedshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15047239425466517786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375512083268389933.post-80275947485098289632009-06-18T14:50:12.183-05:002009-06-18T14:50:12.183-05:00Yay, the recruiting drive continues apace!
Get yo...Yay, the recruiting drive continues apace!<br /><br />Get yourself on over to the SMRT Foyer and introduce yourself, there are cookies by the teapot.<br /><br />PS. forgive my lack of prior research, but how did you accidentally become a historian? What were you trying to be when you fell into that one?<br /><br />Cheer,ExPatMatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08666078524214384329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375512083268389933.post-15219067429510425472009-06-18T13:53:38.406-05:002009-06-18T13:53:38.406-05:00Nothing wrong with being a 28 year-old virgin. Jes...Nothing wrong with being a 28 year-old virgin. Jesus was a virgin, right? Such a great person, that Jesus guy. Except he might have banged Mary Magdalene once or twice. <br /><br />But seriously, you're definitely not alone in your sexual inexperience. Especially coming from a fundamentalist background. There's some pretty severe sexual taboos that get smashed into your head sometimes.<br /><br />"Sex in Christ" made me laugh. There is no doubt about it: that's gotta be a Poe. There's simply no way it could be serious.The Jesting Foolhttp://thejestingfool.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375512083268389933.post-30851464034012815152009-06-18T13:39:04.386-05:002009-06-18T13:39:04.386-05:00Hi Geds! This is the first time I've visited ...Hi Geds! This is the first time I've visited your blog. Interesting subject. <br /><br />-lonesparkAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375512083268389933.post-89918157901865022272009-06-18T09:33:15.632-05:002009-06-18T09:33:15.632-05:00You I like.
In fact, between you and PF I'm n...You I like.<br /><br />In fact, between you and PF I'm now seriously considering joining the SMRT board just for the possibility of witty banter...Gedshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15047239425466517786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375512083268389933.post-45092663040847623162009-06-18T09:21:23.557-05:002009-06-18T09:21:23.557-05:00Geds,
Forgive my presumptive advice-giving, I'...Geds,<br /><br />Forgive my presumptive advice-giving, I'm as clueless as the next guy really...<br /><br />A good place to start would be to let any women you would potentially be interested in, know your experience level - make sure it's not someone you know or would care about if they got all judgmental about it.<br /><br />They will probably find it novel and quite exciting that they get to 'coach' you through your first time (you could probably string these 'lessons' out for ages; 'nope, I don't think I've <i>quite</i> got the hang of that just yet, can we try again?').<br /><br />A lot of women will find this far more attractive than a man who <i>thinks</i> he knows what he's doing but actually just pounds away until he falls asleep like he's been doing for the past decade.<br /><br />The thing you have going for you is that you are more emotionally mature and will actually give a shit about the other person; that's +50 points right there.<br /><br />It's not rocket science, every single one of your ancestors has done it for the last couple of billion years, so I'm sure you'll be fine.<br /><br />Give it a go, at the end of the day, what have you got to lose?<br /><br /><br />Oh yeah, that.<br /><br />;)<br /><br /><br /><br />Cheers,ExPatMatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08666078524214384329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375512083268389933.post-24509283266236448092009-06-18T07:41:27.442-05:002009-06-18T07:41:27.442-05:00Um, what does the fact that I've never had sex...Um, what does the fact that I've never had sex have to do with Daisy De La Hoya looks plasticine and drug- and VD-addled? I might not have had sex, but I have a pretty good idea where I would want to start. And porn stars usually ain't on that list.<br /><br />I also never told you that you weren't allowed to find her hot. You said you do, I said, "Okay, whatever."Gedshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15047239425466517786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375512083268389933.post-76648165303829229072009-06-18T02:20:29.878-05:002009-06-18T02:20:29.878-05:00When you and I were discussing Daisy de la Hoya, I...When you and I were discussing Daisy de la Hoya, I thought about bringing this issue up. It's not as if I tell you what car to drive, honky. Good post, though.<br /><br />Those links for Christian porn and such cracked me up. Me and Viz had a good idea about Christian porn, that promoted good family values and such. Then I read it on the internet. Go fig.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375512083268389933.post-12569363649578001382009-06-17T14:57:58.182-05:002009-06-17T14:57:58.182-05:00I'm so glad I read that as I was lifting my te...I'm so glad I read that as I was lifting my tea mug off my desk, not about five seconds later...Gedshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15047239425466517786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375512083268389933.post-72638366669950184652009-06-17T14:15:31.938-05:002009-06-17T14:15:31.938-05:00Hitler was a virgin.
/discussion.Hitler was a virgin.<br /><br /><br />/discussion.ExPatMatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08666078524214384329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375512083268389933.post-86869045362962824872009-06-17T11:38:58.653-05:002009-06-17T11:38:58.653-05:00Oh, yeah, I see "Poe" so much I forget t...Oh, yeah, I see "Poe" so much I forget that not everyone knows what it means.<br /><br />"Poe" comes from "Poe's Law," which basically states that Christian fundamentalists are so bizarre that any attempt at satire is virtually indistinguishable from an honest depiction from someone within the group. It's not quite as popular as Godwin yet, but it's certainly catching on.<br /><br />(Um, Godwin's Law is that contentious discussion strings on the internet will inevitably result in someone invoking Hitler, at which point the discussion is over. Just in case anyone doesn't know that...)Gedshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15047239425466517786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375512083268389933.post-88922255172482609292009-06-17T11:20:21.880-05:002009-06-17T11:20:21.880-05:00Wow. Who knew that declaring I think my former fr...Wow. Who knew that declaring I think my former friends are liars and I've never had sex would result in such a surge in popularity? I feel like George in that one episode of Seinfeld where he realizes he's been doing everything wrong.<br /><br />"I'm George, I'm unemployed, and I live with my mother."<br /><br />big a:<br /><br />No shift. Sammiches are still important. I believe the progression is sex, then sammich. Think of it as a holy trinity of blow job, butt sex, and BLTs...<br /><br />Michael Mock:<br /><br />Yeah. You're probably right about that distinction between, "They're not," and, "They're not supposed to."<br /><br />Actually, one of the early indications of my split with Christianity was when I started identifying who the enforcers of orthodoxy were. That's surprisingly easy to do when enough people are on Facebook. You just look at the feeds and figure out who seems to spend time correcting other people's Facebook profiles and comments.<br /><br />I identified a few of those and blackballed them, both online and in real life. None of them ever tried to tell me that I was doing this, that, or the other wrong, but if they had they would have received a semi-polite, "It's none of your damn business."<br /><br />Matt:<br /><br />Yeah, it's that "first time" that's still keeping me hesitant about the whole thing. I figure I'd want to be in a good place with someone so the, "Oh, so THAT's what that looks like up close," part isn't totally awkward...Gedshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15047239425466517786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375512083268389933.post-10235459718685817662009-06-17T10:07:40.556-05:002009-06-17T10:07:40.556-05:00What people do with their naughty bits (even if th...What people do with their naughty bits (even if they're doing nothing) is nobody's business but their own (and whoever they're doing it with, of course).<br /><br />I honestly don't give a shit about anyone's sexual habits but my own (and my partner's). <br /><br />Now, if you were getting all judgmental about something you had no experience of, <i>then</i> you'd get get called on it - like you would with anything else. And I assume that you'd expect and appreciate this.<br /><br />PS. the first time's always shit (I had, like, fifty first times before I started doing it right!)ExPatMatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08666078524214384329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375512083268389933.post-20129685113656403872009-06-17T09:16:05.938-05:002009-06-17T09:16:05.938-05:00I was going to point out that "statistically ...I was going to point out that "statistically unusual" is not the same thing as "abnormal", but - upon re-reading - it sounds like you know that already. So, um... never mind? <br /><br />Geds: "I don’t know if it’s me, but I really don’t care about anybody else’s sex life. I’m not ashamed of it, either. Maybe it’s a glitch of growing up fundagelical, when it was assumed that no one was having sex."<br /><br />My guess would be that it's more a glitch of being a fairly sensible person. <i>You</i> may have grown up with the assumption that people weren't having sex, but I'd bet good money that most of your peers grew up with the assumption that people weren't <i>supposed</i> to be having sex - which is not at all the same thing, and has the opposite effect in terms of encouraging/discouraging interest in the topic.<br /><br />But, for the record, I never much cared what other people were or weren't doing, either. I think that had more to do with being an intensely private person than anything else, though.<br /><br />Michael MockMichael Mockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06233321050691782148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375512083268389933.post-15171686727320481102009-06-17T08:17:04.995-05:002009-06-17T08:17:04.995-05:00Geds, I gotta say, I'm getting mixed signals h...Geds, I gotta say, I'm getting mixed signals here.<br /><br />In a previous blog post you made it clear that the purpose of the Christian woman was to make sammiches and give blowjobs.<br />Here, you mention the blowjobs, but no sammiches? Has there been some anti-sammich paradigm shift I wasn't aware of?<br /><br />Please advise!big anoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375512083268389933.post-63309906069179842252009-06-17T00:05:05.277-05:002009-06-17T00:05:05.277-05:00Sounds like a similar situation to mine, while gro...Sounds like a similar situation to mine, while growing up I was too religious, but also quite introverted, to take any of the opportunities that came my way. No longer religious but the opportunities aren't there anymore. <br /><br />The hilarious thing is that I of course know plenty of ultra religious teens that got pregnant, and a few 'shotgun wedding' type of situations. So there were plenty of pious people 'getting some'. I was such a fool!BathTubhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14198295395639562763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375512083268389933.post-39464079772185212812009-06-16T23:13:51.002-05:002009-06-16T23:13:51.002-05:00Oh, wow. I missed that entire paragraph. You'...Oh, wow. I missed that entire paragraph. You're right, though, it is a thing of beauty.<br /><br />Now I need to go find me one of those backsliding maidens so I can avoid becoming a 29 year-old virgin...Gedshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15047239425466517786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375512083268389933.post-59084154197081889442009-06-16T22:53:30.943-05:002009-06-16T22:53:30.943-05:00There's the threesomes link, in which we learn...<i>There's the threesomes link, in which we learn that it's okay to have threesome as long as the only gay shit is between two chicks and there is a marriage involved.</i><br /><br />Really? Awwriiiiiiiiiight!<br /><br />Um. Er. I mean...<br /><br />Seriously, though? I call Poe. Though I'd be willing to bet the author is a former fundie: that verse from Jeremiah---while admittedly the most expert bit of biblical innuendo I've seen in perhaps my entire life---is just too obscure for any old blasphemous schmoe to pull out of one's ass. (Er. So to speak.)The Woeful Budgiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11229631544630471630noreply@blogger.com